Keith Woolford Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) Joint Task Force Eagle initiates activity in Colon The FTC Aguila or Joint Task Force Eagle is a 300 person special task force dedicated to fighting gang crime in Panama City and Colon. Some people are worried this team will lead to militarization of the Police but others argue that you need to fight fire with fire. Edited April 7, 2017 by Moderator_02 edited title to make it a bit more general Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Well lets hope the enforcement in the crime centers ( PC and Colon) does not cause the cockroaches to scamper our way.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 Any weapons and users of them that can be taken off the street anywhere in the country by these forces is a good thing, imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 The Policia Nacional destroyed 679 seized firearms the other day. Seems like a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSailors Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted April 1, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 1, 2017 Quote 25 March 2017 - 00H00 Panama creates anti-narco force as drug seizures rise © AFP/File | Seized packages of cocaine are displayed during a press conference by the National Border Service and National Police in Panama City, on May 30, 2016 PANAMA CITY (AFP) - Panama's president on Friday presented a new elite counternarcotics police unit to combat smuggling of increased cocaine production in neighboring Colombia. The Eagle force, as it is called, consists of 300 officers with access to intelligence. They are tasked with cracking down on drug-related criminal activity in Panama City and the major Atlantic coast city of Colon, each located at either entrance to the Panama Canal. "Unfortunately, in the cities of Panama and Colon there are powerful narco gangs operating," President Juan Carlos Varela said. The flow of drugs coming from Colombia, with much headed for the United States, has created a spike in violence as Panama's 150 gangs compete for turf and smuggling routes, he said. Last year, the Central American country recorded 388 murders, many linked to the gangs, and the seizure of a record 72 tonnes of drugs. http://www.france24.com/en/20170324-panama-creates-anti-narco-force-drug-seizures-rise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quote 25 March 2017 - 00H00 Panama creates anti-narco force as drug seizures rise © AFP/File | Seized packages of cocaine are displayed during a press conference by the National Border Service and National Police in Panama City, on May 30, 2016 PANAMA CITY (AFP) - Panama's president on Friday presented a new elite counternarcotics police unit to combat smuggling of increased cocaine production in neighboring Colombia. The Eagle force, as it is called, consists of 300 officers with access to intelligence. They are tasked with cracking down on drug-related criminal activity in Panama City and the major Atlantic coast city of Colon, each located at either entrance to the Panama Canal. "Unfortunately, in the cities of Panama and Colon there are powerful narco gangs operating," President Juan Carlos Varela said. The flow of drugs coming from Colombia, with much headed for the United States, has created a spike in violence as Panama's 150 gangs compete for turf and smuggling routes, he said. Last year, the Central American country recorded 388 murders, many linked to the gangs, and the seizure of a record 72 tonnes of drugs.
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted April 7, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 7, 2017 Quote President joins 1000 cops in jail raids Posted on April 6, 2017 in News, Panama Varela dialogues with La Joya prisoners Post Views: 265 OVER 1,000 POLICE and members of the newly formed “Eagle” anti crime unit, led by National Police Director, Omar Pinzon and accompanied by President Juan Carlos Varela, descended on La Joya and la Joyita prisons on Wednesday Apr.5 to conduct a search that ended at 1 a.m. the next day. The day long raid followed the appearance on social networks of a video showing partying prisoners with guns and drugs. At least three 9 mm pistols and a supply of drugs, were found Varela, who spoke face to face with prisoners, said that he was sending a clear message to the country that “we are going to put order in prisons,” He said that he asked the director of the National Police, Omar Pinzón, that the case be sent to the Public Ministry. “ It is not possible that every three or six months, weapons are found in prisons and they do not know how they enter, so it is necessary to carry out an investigation.” The detainees found with weapons will be punished, Varela said, along with those identified as allowing them to enter. The exact date of filming is not known, but the men in the video, were identified as belonging to different gangs. The president described the images as “unacceptable,” http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/president-joins-1000-cops-jail-raids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 Members of this Task Force may be headed to Chiriqui sooner than later. Last night there was another gang shootout in Las Lomas de David which left 1 dead and several injured, including a Police officer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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